Lower Saxony Cup

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Lower Saxony Cup
Deutschland Lage von Niedersachsen.svg
Founded1956
Region Lower Saxony, Germany
Qualifier for DFB-Pokal
Current champions Blau-Weiß Lohne (2024–25)
Most championships VfL Osnabrück (5 titles)

The Lower Saxony Cup (German : Niedersächsischer Pokal) is an annual football cup competition, held by the Niedersächsischer Fußball-Verband (English: Lower Saxony Football Association) since 1956. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal. [1] The Krombacher brewery, sponsor of the competition since 2010, also sponsored, at the time, the cup competitions in Thuringia, Westphalia, Hesse and Rhineland. [2] It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner and runners-up of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. [3]

Contents

The record winners of the competition are VfL Osnabrück with five titles, followed by Sportfreunde Salzgitter with four titles and Kickers Emden, VfL Wolfsburg, and Hannover 96 with three titles each to their name.

Mode

The competition is open for all member clubs of the Lower Saxony FA playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord and Niedersachsenliga. Additionally, the four regional cup winners in the state are also qualified. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time is played and the game instead decided by a penalty shoot out. The two cup finalists automatically qualify for the first round of the German Cup. [4]

Winners

The winners of the competition: [1]

ClubWinsYears
VfL Osnabrück 52005, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023
Sportfreunde Salzgitter 141957, 1961, 1964, 1975
Kickers Emden 31996, 2000, 2009
VfL Wolfsburg 31962, 2002‡, 2003‡
Hannover 96 31982‡, 1997, 1998
SV Drochtersen/Assel 32016, 2018, 2019
SV Meppen 31999, 2021, 2024
Eintracht Braunschweig 22004, 2011
SV Wilhelmshaven 22007, 2010
Eintracht Nordhorn 21974, 2008
Sportfreunde Ricklingen 21992, 1993
TSV Verden 21987, 1988
VfV Hildesheim 21956, 1976
SC Göttingen 05 21963, 1967‡
TSV Havelse 22012, 2020
BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 22014, 2022
Blau-Weiß Lohne 12025
BV Cloppenburg 12006
SC Schüttorf 12001
SSV Vorsfelde 11995
Sportfreunde Oesede 11994
TSV Krähenwinkel/Kaltenweide 11991
ClubWinsYears
TuS Bersenbrück 11990
VfL Bückeburg 11989
TSV Stelingen 11986
VfR Langelsheim 11985
TSV Friesen Hänigsen 11984
TuS Lingen 11983
TuS Celle 11981
Borussia Hannover 11980
MTV Gifhorn 11978
TuS Hessisch Oldendorf 11977
TSV Burgdorf 11973
FC Wolfsburg 11972
VfL Rütenbrock 11971
TuS Bodenteich 11970
SV Einbeck 05 11969
Roland Delmenhorst 11968
TuS Haste 11966
Wolfenbütteler SV 11965
Olympia Wilhelmshaven 11960
Preußen Hameln 07 11959
VfB Peine 11958

References

  1. 1 2 Krombacher-Pokal Herren des NFV (in German) Lower Saxony football association website. Retrieved 30 June 2011
  2. ↑ Krombacher-Brauerei ist neuer Premium-Partner Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Lower Saxony football association website, published: 21 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011
  3. ↑ DFB Cup Men – Mode Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine DFB website. Retrieved 28 June 2011
  4. ↑ Ausschreibung Krombacher Pokal Herren des NFV 2010/11 (in German) Lower Saxony football association website – competition rules. Retrieved 1 July 2011

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